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VARIABLE ECOLOGIQUE [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

A measure of the environment which is presumably related to an environmental gradient.

CONT

Environmental variables can be continuous, or they can be represented by dummy variables.

CONT

Hipel and his co-workers described in some detail the application of time-series analysis to environmental management problems. This approach would seem to have potential use in predicting and measuring the state of environmental variables that are suspected to follow long-term trends, for example, pH in lakes as a result of acid rain, or slow accumulation of heavy metals in sediments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Élément de nature qualitative ou quantitative de l’environnement d’un objet d’étude, susceptible de prendre plusieurs états ou valeurs selon les lieux ou les circonstances.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
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Record 2 2009-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
OBS

See also «ecograph» and "ecogram".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Représentation graphique des fréquences d’une espèce dans les différentes classes d’une variable écologique.

OBS

La définition du Grand Robert au terme «écogramme» est très générale (représentation graphique de l’évolution des paramètres de l’environnement) et pourrait correspondre à l’aire sémantique des termes «ecological histogram» et «ecograph».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Representación gráfica de la frecuencia de una especie en las diferentes clases de una variable ecológica.

CONT

La presencia de especies xerofitas en zonas áridas presentará un perfil ecológico basado en la frecuencia de las mismas en relación a la carta de humedad y precipitación pluvial.

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Record 3 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

ANPP [Above-Ground Net Primary Production] is: The change in plant mass including any losses to death and decomposition over a given period of time ... A fundamental ecological variable that measures rates of carbon consumption and fixation. Important in understanding energy flow at a community level and spatial and temporal responses of the community to a range of ecological processes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Variable de base intégrant l’action de plusieurs facteurs écologiques.

OBS

On a défini cinq variables écologiques fondamentales : l’énergie, la matière, l’espace, le temps, la diversité spécifique.

Spanish

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